July 2010

Sat Jul 31

Beating Caprica Withdrawal 3: The SDCC Experience by Teresa Jusino

Best & Worst Job Prospects in the Urban Fantasy Economy for 2011 by Chris Castle

That New Kid Smell: The Allure of the New Kid at School by Shannon Delaney

Fri Jul 30

The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle by John Klima

The Boys are Back by Marjorie Liu

Paranormal Romance Grab Bag You-Know-What-Friday-Means! by Megan Messinger

With One Magic Word, Part Four: Miracleman, The Golden Slumber by George Khoury

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 6 by Leigh Butler

A is for Artist: C by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

Queering SFF: Interview with Elizabeth Bear by Brit Mandelo

City as Character by Suzanne Johnson

LotR re-read: Return of the King V.10, “The Black Gate Opens” by Kate Nepveu

Holy Retro DC Universe, Batman! by Irene Gallo

Thu Jul 29

The Way of Kings, Chapters 9 and 11 (Excerpt) by Brandon Sanderson

From Cavemen to Manga and Beyond: Expressing Ourselves Through Comics by Anne Elizabeth

The Legend of Neil is back! by Chris Greenland

Doctor Who S5, EP11: “The Lodger” by Teresa Jusino

Video games aren’t just for boys: The new booming market for women by Melissa Heidrich

Spinning round in Fairyland: Merry Go Round in Oz by Mari Ness

A great castle made of sea: Why hasn’t Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell been more influential? by Jo Walton

Avatar Rewatch: “The Cave of Two Lovers” (episode 202) by Jordan Hamessley

Get to Know Your Hugo Nominees—Voting Ends This Week! by Tor.com

2010 Hugo Awards Best Novelette Nominees by John Klima

Becoming Human Again: Rebecca Maizel Discusses Her Upcoming Debut Novel Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel

Smokin’ Stubbs! Or, all our readers are special, occasionally some are specialer by Irene Gallo

Wed Jul 28

Fashion Dos and Dont’s for the Paranormal Heroine by Kate Perry

Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Mad About Batman by Annie Gala and Chris Greenland

The Rocketry Blog by Irene Gallo

2010 Hugo Awards – Best Novella Nominees by John Klima

The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 6 and 7 by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

An Interview with Leanne Renee Hieber by Ron Hogan

Comic Con Roundup by Alex Brown

The Cage by A.M. Dellamonica

Tue Jul 27

It’s All Charlaine’s Fault. (And Jim’s, Laurell’s, oh, and Joss Whedon’s) by C.T. Adams

Doktor Sleepless and its Ideas by Brit Mandelo

Word to the Wired: Personal Advice, Science Fiction Style by Ellen B. Wright

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 5 by Leigh Butler

Embodying Mercy Thompson In Person and In Paint by Irene Gallo

What about Love: Paranormal Romance, Teens and Happily Ever Afters by Shannon Delaney

Of childhood, memories and foxes: Oblivion Island by René Walling

Mon Jul 26

I Blame Buffy by Cynthia Eden

Finding Your Writing Tribe by Kelley Armstrong

A novel in sonnets: Vikram Seth’s The Golden Gate by Jo Walton

Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Jamming With Edward!” by Madeline Ashby

Writing the Paranormal by L.A. Banks

Carrie Vaughn’s big week—Kitty Goes to War and Discord’s Apple by Mark Graham

Comic Con Day Three: The End Is Nigh by Alex Brown

Fangs for Hire by Jenna Black

Sun Jul 25

Comic Con Day Two: Lines, Obnoxious Security Guards, Lines, Robert Kirkman, Lines, C-List Celebrities, and Lines by Alex Brown

OK, where do I start with this? P. by Jo Walton

Sat Jul 24

Super Kate by Kate Perry

Fri Jul 23

Imagine by Heather Webber

The language of stones: Terri Windling’s The Wood Wife by Jo Walton

Ménage à Paranormal Romance Grab Bag Giveaway Trois by Megan Messinger

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 4 by Leigh Butler

A is for Artist: B by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

Comic-Con Day One: Caprica, British invasions, ogling Michael C. Hall, and more by Alex Brown

Down This Gravel Road: A Look at Contemporary Rural Fantasy by Deborah Coates

Queering SFF: A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files by Brit Mandelo

Thu Jul 22

Because It’s Shiny by Shiloh Walker

Parliamentary Democracy with Martians: Robert Heinlein’s Double Star by Jo Walton

Audioslice: Olivia Munn’s Suck It, Wonder Woman! by Liz Maverick

What Urban Fantasy Means to Me by Susan Sizemore

With One Magic Word, Part Three: Apocalypse Please, The Eclipse Years by George Khoury

Frequency Rotation: Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip, “I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper” by Jason Heller

Repetition in Fairyland: Hidden Valley in Oz by Mari Ness

Avatar Giveaway! Plus, “The Avatar State” (episode 201) by Matt London

Hugo Awards 2010 Best Short Story by John Klima

Eve of Sin City by Sylvia Day

Wed Jul 21

Book Review: Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief by Juliana Weiss-Roessler

Sex and Urban Planning: Samuel R. Delany’s Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Jo Walton

New Avatar: The Last Airbender series by Jordan Hamessley

Wednesday Comics on Tor.com: Facing Realities by Annie Gala and Chris Greenland

Download Wallpapers for Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings, Illustrated by Artist Michael Whelan by Tor.com

The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 4 and 5 by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

I Speak for the Trolls by Kate Perry

True Blood episode review: “Trouble” by Theresa DeLucci

Beating Caprica Withdrawal 2: Electric Boogaloo by Teresa Jusino

Bogieman by Carole Nelson Douglas

Tue Jul 20

Stubby the Rocket wallpapers by Irene Gallo

It Is What They Call the Best of the Best: Two Years of Tor.com Highlights by Tor.com

Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour: You’ll Always Be My Clash At Demonhead by Chris Greenland

Firefly Re-watch: Serenity: Those Left Behind Part 2 by Richard Fife

The Crime Syndicate: the Evil Justice League by Rajan Khanna

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 3 by Leigh Butler

How to Throw an Evil Twin Party by Bridget McGovern and Liz Gorinsky

How Tor.com Is Like (And Not Like) A Two-Year-Old by Idiots Books

Mon Jul 19

ReaderCon Panel Recap: “How I Wrote The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms” by Andrew Liptak

Review: Inception by Genevieve Valentine

LotR re-read: Return of the King V.9, “The Last Debate” by Kate Nepveu

Is Anybody Out There? edited by Nick Gevers and Marty Halpern by John Klima

Text me that hex, please? Kthxbai! by Alyx Dellamonica

Launchpad Workshop Recap: Four Fun Things About the Universe by Genevieve Valentine

Feed Your Reader, revisited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: The Magic of Meh by Alex Brown

A Stroke of Dumb Luck by Shiloh Walker

Sun Jul 18

ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Everybody Loves Dirigibles—Science For Tomorrow’s Fiction” by Andrew Liptak

Hugo Nominee for Best Novel: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi by Brit Mandelo

OK, where do I start with that? O. by Jo Walton

Sat Jul 17

ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Folklore and its Discontents” by Andrew Liptak

Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man by GD Falksen

Fri Jul 16

ReaderCon Panel Recap: “The New And Improved Future of Magazines” by Andrew Liptak

Paranormal Romance Grab Bag Giveaway II: The Grabbening by Megan Messinger

Frequency Rotation: Neil Young, “Sample and Hold” by Jason Heller

Queering SFF: At Readercon 21 by Brit Mandelo

A is for Artist Custom Index by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 2 by Leigh Butler

A is for Artist: A by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

Quandaries by Kate Perry

Immigrant Fantasy: Susan Palwick’s The Necessary Beggar by Jo Walton

Blogging from Launchpad Workshop: Science! by Genevieve Valentine

Thu Jul 15

ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Global Warming and Science Fiction” by Andrew Liptak

With One Magic Word, Part Two: The Miraculous Revival of Marvelman by George Khoury

Star Trek Re-watch: “Assignment: Earth” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers

Real World Research or Building a Better Werewolf by Carrie Vaughn

Performing in Fairyland: The Shaggy Man of Oz by Mari Ness

The fantasy geography of America: Terry Bisson’s Talking Man by Jo Walton

Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Waltz for Venus” by Madeline Ashby

The Heinlein Biography Approacheth: An Announcement, some Pointers, and a digressive Disquisition on the Nuanced Differences between two Web Sites sharing in common a certain Widely-Recognized Brand by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Fare Thee Well by Cathy Clamp

Wed Jul 14

ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Citizens of the World, Citizens of the Universe” by Andrew Liptak

How I Started Reading Paranormal Romance by Ron Hogan

Wednesday Comics Round-Up: Dinosaurs vs. Sci-Fi by Annie Gala and Chris Greenland

The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 2 and 3 by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Crossroads of Twilight ebook cover by Greg Ruth by Irene Gallo

Doctor Who S5, EP10: “Vincent and The Doctor” by Teresa Jusino

Tue Jul 13

ReaderCon Panel Recap: “New England, At Home to the Unheimlich” by Andrew Liptak

Firefly Re-watch: Serenity: Those Left Behind Part 1 by Richard Fife

Rachel Swirsky liveblogs Launch Pad by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 1 by Leigh Butler

The Lasting Appeal of Urban Fantasy by Laura Anne Gilman

How’s our driving? by Irene Gallo

Become a member of Tor.com and get a John Scalzi story a week early by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

iPad developers wanted by Fritz W Foy

Mon Jul 12

ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Interstitial Then, Genre Now” by Andrew Liptak

True Blood episode review: “9 Crimes” by Theresa DeLucci

Before the Internet We Expressed Ourselves Through Vans by Chris Greenland

Prince versus the internet by Jason Henninger

Texan Ghost Fantasy: Sean Stewart’s Perfect Circle by Jo Walton

Resident Ghost by Kate Perry

The President’s Brain is Missing by John Scalzi

The Ghost of Leadville by Jeanne C. Stein

2010 Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards announced by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Sun Jul 11

OK, where do I start with that? N. by Jo Walton

Fri Jul 9

Revisiting the Tramp Stamp Phenomenon by Irene Gallo

Paranormal Romance Grab Bag Giveaway! by Megan Messinger

Editorial Roundtable: Paranormal Romance Heroines and Heroes by Melissa Ann Singer

Dom Testa’s The Web of Titan—the second Galahad book by Mark Graham

Reexamining the old-school RPGs: Top Secret by David Williams

A man and a house: Sarah Waters’ The Little Stranger by Jo Walton

Thu Jul 8

Wednesday Comics on Tor.com: Large Helpings of Revenge by Chris Greenland

Star Trek Re-Watch: “Bread and Circuses” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson

The Fifth Column in Fairyland: The Magical Mimics of Oz by Mari Ness

With One Magic Word: The Miracleman/Marvelman Saga: Part One by George Khoury

The Way of Kings: Chapters 4, 5, and 6 (Excerpt) by Brandon Sanderson

Audioslice Exclusive! Listen to Chapters 4, 5 & 6 of The Way of Kings by Liz Maverick

Interview: Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Creators of the Original Televised Avatar: The Last Airbender by Jordan Hamessley and Matt London

Malazan Empire and Michael Komarck wallpapers by Irene Gallo

The Success of Paranormals: Why is the Genre Taking a Big Bite of Publishing Sales? by Caridad Piñeiro

Time Control: Isaac Asimov’s The End of Eternity by Jo Walton

Wed Jul 7

The genre film festival: Fantasia by René Walling

Frequency Rotation: Rasputina, “Holocaust of Giants” by Jason Heller

Redemption in Indigo (Excerpt) by Karen Lord

Signs and portents by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

The Warping of Young Minds (Including My Own) by Cathy Clamp

The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Prologue and Chapter 1 by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Welcome to the Malazan Re-read of the Fallen on Tor.com by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Is it Urban Fantasy? For Example: Charles Stross’ Laundry Files by Brit Mandelo

Tue Jul 6

The Last Airbender: Caucasians Not In Their Element? by Teresa Jusino

Homeless and Magical: Megan Lindholm’s Wizard of the Pigeons by Jo Walton

Firefly Re-watch: Series in Reflection by Richard Fife

Announcing Sharon Lee & Steve Miller’s “Expanding Universe Contest” by Heather Massey

Matsumoto Is Back—Oh Yes by Brit Mandelo

Timeline of a Trend by Carrie Vaughn

Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy on Tor.com by Melissa Ann Singer

Olga by C.T. Adams

Mon Jul 5

Preview: The Dervish House by Ian McDonald by Tor.com

Five Short Stories with Useless Time Travel by Jo Walton

Batporn: The Dark Knight Gets Down and Dirty by Bridget McGovern

Why I Won’t Be Reading the New Wonder Woman (And Why It Doesn’t Matter) by Tristan Elwell

Sun Jul 4

OK, where do I start with that? M by Jo Walton

Sat Jul 3

I’m Beginning to Suspect Our Hoverboards Will Never Arrive by Chris Greenland

Fri Jul 2

Fireworks! Chickens! Patriotism! Weirdos! Happy Fourth from Tor.com! by Tor.com

Whitley Strieber’s The Omega Point: Beyond 2012 by Mark Graham

Eclipse: A Handy Review of the Creepy Stalker Boyfriend Saga by Alex Brown

Spin-offs I’d like to see by Jason Henninger

The Last Airbender: The Greatest Fan Film of All Time by Jordan Hamessley and Matt London

Let the Right One In: The Remakening by Bridget McGovern

Thu Jul 1

A Softer World 14 by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau

Scavenge: Being a review of Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker by Elizabeth Bear

Frequency Rotation: Jermaine Jackson, “Escape From The Planet Of The Ant Men” by Jason Heller

Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Ultimate Computer” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers

Gliding By in Fairyland: Lucky Bucky in Oz by Mari Ness

Childhood Dreams and Science Ninjas by Jason Henninger

The Society of Time: John Brunner’s Times Without Number by Jo Walton

Jonah Hex Wanted Poster by Ross MacDonald